New/Old Peavey Basses on the horizon?

[Water buffalo]

Last week I was at a Monday night jam in downtown Nashville, so many talented players. A great hang.

I met this guy that said he was involved with Peavey, several things he said validated that.

He mentioned that Peavey is working on reissuing the T40/T60 instruments. I have no idea if this is true, I also don't want to spread false information.

I'm just hopeful. A lightweight T40 would be cool.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

I'm not sure a "light weight " T40 would be a T40.
But I'd like to see them offerd again.

 

[Johnny Alien]

Seems odd since the originals are great, not rare, and very affordable on the used market. These days they would have to build them overseas and sell them for twice as much. Makes it a hard sell.

 

[J Wilson]

Re-issue T40/60's. Czech Cirrus production. Well . . . . .

. . . . . the truth is out there somewhere.

 

[bigtone23]

Seems odd since the originals are great, not rare, and very affordable on the used market. These days they would have to build them overseas and sell them for twice as much. Makes it a hard sell.

That's what I think, too. Seems silly to reissue a copy of the T40 as there are plenty of originals out there for under $1000.
But not as silly to perhaps make some sort of riff on the T40, bring it into the 21st Century.

 

[EagleMoon]

I could see this being a possibility. Would be nice if they'd make them lighter, maybe a bit less angular and new colors.

 

[BassAgent]

Seems odd since the originals are great, not rare, and very affordable on the used market. These days they would have to build them overseas and sell them for twice as much. Makes it a hard sell.

That is a thing I would agree with a few years ago, but the prices seem to go up up up in the last couple of years. Here in NL, it's not uncommon to see a T40 for over €1000, where you could get one for half that 5 years ago.

I would like a reissue but I'm a bit afraid they would change the design, and especially the pickups. I can see it happening they reissue the T40 with MM-like pickups in it, because the original design has become too expensive to make. A bit like the recent Epiphone Ripper and Grabber reissues.

 

[SteveFromBerlin]

Over here in Europe these instruments are not to be found too often and more and more on the pricey side. And don't forget not everybody wants such a weighty instrument. So I could see these as a win as long as they don't change too much, especially not the pickups and wiring!

 

[Norm Nelson]

I borrowed a T-40 for some silly gigs in 1986 and my back still hurts. That was friggin' heavy. Sounded great and played well though so I definitely see the appeal. omg, there's evidence

 

[urkel3000]

I borrowed a T-40 for some silly gigs in 1986 and my back still hurts. That was friggin' heavy. Sounded great and played well though so I definitely see the appeal. omg, there's evidence
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Sweet T-20

 

[micguy]

Reissuing the T40 and T 60 will have to wait for a drop in shipping rates to be a profitable venture.

 

[Modulus 96]

Some peacey guy was talking about new cirrus' last year of the year before... Crickets since.....

 

[Norm Nelson]

Sweet T-20

Ah yes you are correct. Thank you. It was ... a while ago

 

[bigtone23]

I read an interview with Chip Todd (RIP), and he mentioned that if he could go back and revise the T40, he would have redesigned the T40 pickups, as he felt they didn't sound as good as they should have. He made an experimental prototype with T60 pickups and they were better sounding bass pickups, but obviously not wide enough to work well with the string spacing at the bridge pickup location.
He also said he would drop the Spin-A-Split.

 

[Water buffalo]

I read an interview with Chip Todd (RIP), and he mentioned that if he could go back and revise the T40, he would have redesigned the T40 pickups, as he felt they didn't sound as good as they should have. He made an experimental prototype with T60 pickups and they were better sounding bass pickups, but obviously not wide enough to work well with the string spacing at the bridge pickup location.
He also said he would drop the Spin-A-Split.

I didn't realize that Chip had passed. I never met him, but I've always been a big fan.

 

[bassdude51]

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/when-did-us-peavey-stop.1513715/

 

[UNICORN BASS]

This again. I love (and own) T 40's but unless a re issue has the right choices and can retail for Sire/Ibby SR money then all bets are off. I do think it could be done and would be very cool but i'm also not convinced there is a viable business case that can be made for it.

 

[FugaziBomb]

An import T-40 that could come in under the price of vintage market would be great, but i imagine the only way to make it affordable is with parts bin hardware instead of the original bridge, tuners and knobs. Probably the same with the pickups. I'm not holding out hope. I've also already got a horde of vintage T-40s, so que sera sera.

 

[UNICORN BASS]

Not sure it needs the original pups and hardware but it needs a reasonable effort to duplicate the sound and looks.

 

[kodiakblair]

In the UK it's not uncommon to see T-40s priced at £1300, they never sell You can also see them priced in the £700 - £850 bracket but they rarely sell either

Simple truth is that anyone who was seriously interested in a T-40 has already bought one

As for Peavey reissues, that's a "don't hold your breath " game. It was 2 NAMMs back that they had the Czech Cirrus on display and still no sign of those hitting the market.